"California’s current constitution rivals India’s and Alabama’s for being the longest and most convoluted in the world" It's the fact that it is both long AND

"California’s current constitution rivals India’s and Alabama’s for being the longest and most convoluted in the world" It's the fact that it is both long AND convoluted that causes the problem. Convolution is the major problem. Length makes convolution much easier to pull off (How complex can you really make a 1-page constitution?), but it doesn't guarantee it. That said, Texas's may be just as crazy, just in a crazy way that somehow works. That's unlikely though. It's pretty hard to make an extremely complex governing document that will stand the test of time and still function properly as Texas's apparently does.